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Right Angle Weave

As if I can't get enough flat right-angle weave, one of my favorite techniques for making beaded ropes is to use tubular right-angle weave. Most of you know that I love using right-angle weave for necklace and bracelet bases, because it's just so easy to embellish in so many different ways! Learning...

This is the third blog post in a series on the new Beadwork Designers of the Year. You've met Christina Neit and Leslee Frumin last month. Now meet Laura Andrews. Interviews with the design team Liisa Turunen and Glenda Paunonen will be posted later this month. Enjoy! ~Michelle Mach, Contributing...

There are so many new shapes and types of glass beads popping up that sometimes I feel dizzy just thinking about them all! If you take a look at some of your favorite online bead supply companies (like Whimbeads, Artbeads, and even Fire Mountain Gems), head over to the "seed beads" category...

Beaded beads are quite fascinating little objects, aren't they? I can't help but adore the Zen aspect of them -- a bead made out of more beads! -- and I'm always amazed by the innovation I see in some of the latest beaded bead designs. Since I started playing with deigns for beaded dodecahedrons...

I loved Jean Campbell's post last week on the difference between Superduo and Twin beads so much that I thought I'd follow up this week with a few more of the new shaped beads. If you missed Jean's in-depth look at two-hole seed beads, see her post here . Here are the 6 newest shapes to come...

A note from Jennifer: There are two kinds of beading pattern designers in this world: those who can create gorgeous flat peyote patterns and those who can't. Carol Dean Sharpe, owner of Sand Fibers , is definitely one of those who can. Carole's flat peyote stitch cuff bracelet patterns and finished...